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Club Run – 22nd October 2017

With the remnants ofstorm‘Brian‘stilllingering,a strongturnout fortheLeekCCclubrunwaslooking unlikely.But as always it would be case of how many and not, if any would show at the market square. Sureenough,fivebravesouls(fools)hadmadeit totheshelterofthe‘YorkshireTrader‘shopfront.

Andsototheregisterandinnoparticularorder

RichCoghill

JamieJeffery

Stuart Poole

SteveBriggs

AndyBaddeley

Destination- As brave as we all felt, we still held onto our common sense and were all in agreement that we should stay away from the hills as the winds were still strong and unpredictable.The undulating but low route toward Eccleshall was agreed

Theroutewouldtakeusout ofLeekheadingsoutheast via CheddletontowardsDilhorneandtoour surprise the drizzle%appeared to be stopping but still the winds continued.

The hold up was what appeared to be single vehicle accident involving a youngish man and his high performance Japanese car. He was outside the car and on his phone, already arranging recovery. The shaken chap assured us he was ok and didn’t require any help,not that a spare 700c inner tube and a couple of chain links would have repaired the damage. Seriously though, the guy was fine and so we continued.

Theride tookusthroughModdershallandStonebeforearrivingat the‘Artisan‘CafealongEccleshall, High Street. AwellearnedCoffeeandsnackwasorderedbyallexcept forStu,whowasapparentlyfastingonthis ride. He was hoping to lose a few ‘All Inclusive’ pounds gained in Greece. Rich Coghill made up for Stuart by ordering an extra Tea Cake(shame on you!!!!!)

ContinuingonaftertheStopweheadedout ofEccleshallalongtheStaffordRoadbeforetakinga left turnforSandon. Thecrosswindthat seemedtohamperusgoingout,turnedintoa slight ‘crosstail‘headingbackandso the pace was lifted. The odd punchy break from Stuart and Andy occurred more than once or twice, trust me!. Heaven knows how Stuart was fueled but he rode strong throughout.

From Sandon we rode to Bramshall where a ‘Mr Kipling’ stop was required. The pace seemed to lift again riding through Leigh and Tean before Andy B churned out a huge turn on the front along Hollins Ln,Kingsley.The rest of us holding onto his wheel for dear life, our faces must have been a picture and usually only seen in a scene from an Alfred Hitchcock movie.Andsoafter71anda bit mileswearrivedbackinLeek.Survivingtheonslaught ofStormBrian